DO NOT SHOP @ DICKS SPORTING GOODS

Walked into Dicks sporting goods to buy my fishing license, fishing rod, some bait, etc and a few boxes of ammo for target shooting for memorial weekend. At checkout, cashier ask if I'm an American citizen or have legal status to be in the United States. I told her that I refused to answer nonsense question such as and told her I just want to pay for my items and go on about. She then go on about how it's a mandatory requirement from Federal Law and the State Of California, ultimately saying it's the law and a requirement for me to comply. Even her manager got involved.

I told them I can walk in and buy ammo from any other outdoor store without a citizen status check. Left my shopping cart there with about ~150.00 worth of inventory.

Walked to Wal-Mart (which was a few building over) and bought everything on my list, even cost less then at Dick.

DO NOT SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL DICKS SPORTING GOOD STORE. GO ELSE WHERE, WHY GIVE YOUR HARD EARN AMERICAN MONEY TO A CORPORATION LIKE DICKS.

So is their next big question to all of their future customer going to be, are you a legal citizen, if not, you can't shop at Dicks??

 

I stopped shopping at Dicks when they typed in my MA LTC # into the computer when buying ammo. Told them to cancel the transaction and politely left.

 

I third this thread. They're overpriced corporate B.S.

Unfortunately, the cashier could care less except for all the shit they had to put back. Although I do think they're miniature display tents are badass.

'Murica!

 

Woah. Not shopping there anymore!

 

They pulled all ARs off their shelves right after Sandy Hook. I didn't need to buy one, but that pissed me off. Haven't been into one since. Dick's... more like Pussies.

 

What a bunch of dicks.

Seriously though, I will avoid them. Hate that bs

 

You're in California. It became a law not long ago you had to do that there.

 

Stopped going there since they don't even sell baseball hats at a "sports store"

 

Damn that sucks.

Is there a local agency you can report this to?

 

Which one exactly in so cal?

That's some bull shit kind of crap

 

Really, I just bought ammo from Wal-Mart. They didn't ask...

It's a requirement to verify birthday in California, but citizen check?

 

Manager stated that this citizen status check is a requirement at all store.

 

California regulates the following aspects of ammunition, as described below:

1. Sales and transfers of ammunition;
2. Persons prohibited from possessing ammunition;
3. Minimum age to possess ammunition;
4. Ammunition at gun shows; and
5. Certain kinds of unreasonably dangerous ammunition.

California also prohibits carrying ammunition onto school grounds, subject to certain limited exceptions.1

(1) Sales and Transfers of Ammunition

In 2016, California voters passed Proposition 63, which will comprehensively regulate ammunition sales in the state once its various reforms become effective between 2017 and 2019.

Previously, California had adopted a groundbreaking 2009 law (AB 962) that sought to comprehensively regulate the sale of handgun ammunition by, among other things,regulating mail-order shipments of handgun ammunition and by requiring retail sellers of handgun ammunition to obtain a business license from DOJ and to keep records of their handgun ammunition sales. However, implementation of AB 962 was delayed due to litigation surrounding the definition of “handgun ammunition.”2

Proposition 63 will supersede AB 962 and will apply to all ammunition sales. More specifically:

• Beginning January 1, 2018, individuals who sell more than 500 rounds of ammunition in any month will be required to obtain an annual state-issued business license3 and will be required to conduct ammunition sales at specified business locations or gun shows.4 The California Department of Justice (“DOJ”) will start accepting applications for ammunition vendor business licenses on July 1, 2017.5
• DOJ will issue ammunition vendor licenses to individuals who provide specified documentation, including a certificate of eligibility verifying that they passed a background check.6 Individuals who are already licensed as firearms dealers by DOJ would automatically be deemed licensed ammunition vendors, provided that they comply with other legal obligations placed on ammunition sellers.7
• Once licensed, ammunition vendors will be required to report the loss or theft of any ammunition from their inventory to law enforcement,8 and to obtain a certificate of eligibility from employees who handle or sell ammunition, verifying that they passed a background check.9
• Beginning January 1, 2018, ammunition sales will generally have to be conducted by or processed through licensed vendors.10 Sales of ammunition by unlicensed sellers would have to be processed through a licensed ammunition vendor, in a manner similar to private party firearms transactions,11 and ammunition obtained over the Internet or from out of state would have to be initially shipped to a licensed ammunition vendor for physical delivery to the purchaser pursuant to a background check.12
• Beginning July 1, 2019, licensed ammunition vendors will be required to record, maintain, and report to DOJ records of ammunition sales, in a manner similar to dealer’s records of sales (DROS) for firearms purchases.13 Proposition 63 will require that these records be kept confidential except for use by law enforcement for law enforcement purposes.14 DOJ will be required to maintain a database of ammunition sale records, similar to the DROS database for firearms.15
• Beginning July 1, 2019, a licensed ammunition vendor will generally be prohibited from selling or transferring ammunition until first conducting a background check to verify that the person receiving the ammunition is legally eligible.16 If the vendor is a licensed firearms dealer, he or she can also sell ammunition in the same transaction as a firearm with only the firearm background check required.17
• Proposition 63 will still authorize people to sell or share ammunition with their spouses, domestic partners, parents, grandparents, children, and grandchildren without going through a licensed vendor.18 It will also authorize people to freely share (but not sell) ammunition in person with friends and shooting partners, unless they have reason to believe that the ammunition would be illegally provided to a criminal or illegal user.19
• Proposition 63 will also allow people to buy ammunition at a shooting range without undergoing a background check and without a sale record as long as they keep that ammunition inside the facility; if they want to bring ammunition to or from the facility, they could bring their own ammunition from home or undergo a background check at the shooting range.20

California currently prohibits people from supplying ammunition to any person they know or reasonably should know is prohibited from possessing ammunition.21 Prop 63 will also make it illegal for a person to supply ammunition to a straw purchaser with knowledge or cause to believe that the straw purchaser would subsequently provide that ammunition to a prohibited person.22 See Persons Prohibited from Possessing Ammunition below.

 

Lol California.

 

Sounds like they're just trying to stop would be terrorists...

 

In MA, dicks has had that prompt on the register for at least 8 yrs. "Are you a legal U.S. citizen/above blah age, etc)"

 

Nothing stated about citizen check.
Third party transaction, no.

Sorry, but buying ammo should not require me to answer any question...

 

im confused.... How is that bad? That should be a law.

 

Sounds like they are checking to make sure they are not selling ammo to illegal immigrants who by law cannot own firearms.

 

Who cares? Say yes, get your ammo and move on with your day. Sounds like they are at least trying to do their part to keep people safe.